Public TV Misquotes EU Diplomats Statement

Public broadcaster’s First Channel said in one of its news bulletins on April 24, that in a joint statement Tbilisi-based EU diplomats “recommend both the opposition and the authorities to ensure this right” of freedom of assembly “in a peaceful and secure way.”

According to the same report the statement also called on the both sides “to create as minimal inconvenience to normal functioning of institutions and daily life of all citizens as possible.”

The same report was repeated in the public TV’s main 8pm news bulletin on April 24.

An original statement, released both in English and Georgian languages, reads: “They [EU diplomats] commend both the opposition and the authorities for ensuring the free exercise of this right [of freedom of assembly] in a peaceful and secure way, with minimal inconvenience for the normal functioning of institutions and daily life of all citizens.”

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